noun
1. a center that provides information and control
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the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam
• Syn: ↑nerve centre
2. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
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in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
• Syn: ↑center, ↑centre, ↑nerve centre
• Hypernyms: ↑neural structure
• Hyponyms:
↑auditory center, ↑rhinencephalon, ↑olfactory brain, ↑Broca's area, ↑Broca's center, ↑Broca's gyrus, ↑Broca's convolution, ↑convolution of Broca, ↑Wernicke's area, ↑Wernicke's center, ↑superior colliculus, ↑inferior colliculus, ↑respiratory center
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(US) (or Brit nerve centre) noun, pl ⋯ -ters [count]
the economic nerve center of a nation
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the place from which an activity or organization is controlled and instructions are sent out
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Frankfurt is the economic nerve centre of Germany.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.